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05 Feb 2008
Sun Alert 103192 A Security Vulnerability in the Solaris X Window System (X(5)) PCF Font Handler May Lead to Execution of Arbitrary Code or a Denial of Service (DoS) Condition
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System Solaris 10 Operating System Solaris 8 Operating System A security vulnerability in the Solaris X Window System (X(5)) PCF font handler in libfont and libXfont libraries may allow a remote unprivileged user to crash the application or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the application which dynamically links to one of these libraries. The ability to crash an application is a type of Denial of Service (DoS). This issue is described in the following documents: CERT VU#203220 at http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/203220 CVE-2008-0006 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0006 State: Resolved First released: 17-Jan-2008
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